by Dan DeMarle | Aug 26, 2020 | Covid-19, School Districts
Justin Murphy – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | USA TODAY NETWORK – in the D&C on 8/6/2020 on page A1 Students in the Rochester City School District collectively will spend less time in school buildings than any other school district in Monroe...
by Dan DeMarle | Aug 26, 2020 | Covid-19, School Districts
Governor’s decision on New York schools expected by end of week Joseph Spector – New York State Team | USA TODAY NETWORK – in the D&C on 8/5/2020 on page A1 ALBANY – Gov. Andrew Cuomo will decide this week on whether to allow schools to open next...
by Dan DeMarle | Aug 22, 2020 | Sleep
Whether children have ongoing sleep problems from birth through childhood or do not develop sleep problems until they begin school, a new study by researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has found that sleep disturbances at any age are...
by Dan DeMarle | Aug 22, 2020 | ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Other Health Impairment
I’ve spent a lot of time explaining attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) to people. It was called ADD when I learned about it, in 1981. Since then, I’ve probably logged hundreds of hours speaking about, reading about, writing about, and dreaming...
by Dan DeMarle | Aug 22, 2020 | Covid-19, Parents/Guardians
Where I teach, 100 percent of our student population has been diagnosed with either dyslexia or a specific learning disability related to reading or math. When the pandemic hit, we were in a rush to adopt remote learning for our specific student population, and we...